For all you parents out there looking for a good appreciate-what-you-have story for your kids, this post may be useful. Though most of you have traveled abroad and had similar - or more extreme - examples, I can't help but outline the details involved in doing this seemingly simple daily (here: not so daily) task. It should be noted that the steps outlined below aren't universal, but may be indicative of how most of the population goes about there business!
Making a shower....
1. Gather up your personal towel and new clothes and enter the shower room.
2. Hang those clothes and towel on the string running across the bath basin where the shower curtain should be (but isn't).
3. Go to the adjacent room, locate the rusted propane tank on the floor and rotate its control knob a half-turn counter-clockwise to begin gas flow to the control box.
4. Locate the control box on the wall, slide the control lever to the first setting to begin feeding gas to its burner.
5. Locate your lighter, insert it into the control box burner slat and ignite it, beginning a slow burn under the box's interior water pipe.
6. Go to the shower room, rotate the hot-water knob two turns counter-clockwise to begin water flow into the bath basin.
7. Hold a hand under the water flow, feeling for warm water. When it's warmed a bit, remove hand.
8. Return to the adjacent room and slide the control lever to the second setting, increasing the flame under the water pipe to a dull roar.
9. Return to the shower room, undress (hanging your old clothes on the string next to your new clothes) and commense your shower!
10. Angle the shower head toward the wall in order to not splash water all around the room.
11. When complete, dry off, dress and watch out - that linoleum's slick! After dressing...
12. Return to the adjacent room, slide the control lever back to its original position, rotate the propane tank's knob to the closed position, and watch out - that linoleum's slick!
Complete! You've now "made" your first Moroccan shower. Gather up your old clothes, dry off the floor and go about your business!
Approximate Time: 15 minutes (3 - 5 of which in the shower).
WARNING: Failure to comply with parts of steps #11 and 12 may result in a slip-and-fall accident, for which you may throw out your back and subsequently spend the next week and a half hobbling around everywhere.
Making a shower....
1. Gather up your personal towel and new clothes and enter the shower room.
2. Hang those clothes and towel on the string running across the bath basin where the shower curtain should be (but isn't).
3. Go to the adjacent room, locate the rusted propane tank on the floor and rotate its control knob a half-turn counter-clockwise to begin gas flow to the control box.
4. Locate the control box on the wall, slide the control lever to the first setting to begin feeding gas to its burner.
5. Locate your lighter, insert it into the control box burner slat and ignite it, beginning a slow burn under the box's interior water pipe.
6. Go to the shower room, rotate the hot-water knob two turns counter-clockwise to begin water flow into the bath basin.
7. Hold a hand under the water flow, feeling for warm water. When it's warmed a bit, remove hand.
8. Return to the adjacent room and slide the control lever to the second setting, increasing the flame under the water pipe to a dull roar.
9. Return to the shower room, undress (hanging your old clothes on the string next to your new clothes) and commense your shower!
10. Angle the shower head toward the wall in order to not splash water all around the room.
11. When complete, dry off, dress and watch out - that linoleum's slick! After dressing...
12. Return to the adjacent room, slide the control lever back to its original position, rotate the propane tank's knob to the closed position, and watch out - that linoleum's slick!
Complete! You've now "made" your first Moroccan shower. Gather up your old clothes, dry off the floor and go about your business!
Approximate Time: 15 minutes (3 - 5 of which in the shower).
WARNING: Failure to comply with parts of steps #11 and 12 may result in a slip-and-fall accident, for which you may throw out your back and subsequently spend the next week and a half hobbling around everywhere.
Nice Jay! Sounds like you learned about the linoleum the hard way. Twice.
ReplyDeleteI am very thankful for my very American shower! Keep up the blogs!
Ugh! Almost sounds like a bucket and sponge would be easier. LOL
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